Freeing the Angry Mind: How Men Can Use Mindfulness and Reason to Save Their Lives and Relationships [Paperback]

C. Peter Bankart Ph.D. (Author), David B. Wexler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2006

More Than Anger Management-A Way to a Better Life

If anger is harming your health and hurting the people you love and care about the most, you need to make the decision to get your anger under control. You've stopped the seething and shouting, but that's just like putting a lid on a boiling pot. What you need to do is replace your anger with calm and happiness. How can you build on your angry experiences to help you become a better person?

This unique book offers a way. An integration of Buddhist thinking, mindfulness practice, and cognitive-behavioral psychology, it sets out a straightforward program of exercises and advice that can help you move through anger to a richer, more meaningful way of living your life. And it does this with humor, candor, and wit. With this book, a little introspection, and a lot of practice, you'll be able to exchange your anger for compassion, your hot temper for mindfulness, and your self-loathing for self-awareness.

Learn simple and effective ways to:
• Take charge of your behavior and your life
• Develop richer, more meaningful relationships
• Express the love and compassion already in your heart
• Put aside misconceptions and accept yourself
• Forgive grievances and express gratitude

Editorial Reviews

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“This book is a treasure! Bankart has written a lovely and loving, practical guide for every man who has struggled with the experience and effects of anger. Compassionate and insightful, he offers constructive suggestions for transforming the energy of anger into a new way of engaging life. I recommend it most highly. Read it—and give it to a man you love.”
—Michael J. Mahoney, professor in the Graduate Department of Holistic Counseling at Salve Regina University and author of Human Change Processes

From the Publisher

A unique approach to male anger management using mindfulness, compassion, and self-awareness exercises to help men understand and deal with angry feelings that can damage their careers and relationships.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, Inc; 1 edition (June 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572244380
• ISBN-13: 978-1572244382
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #440,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, September 4, 2006

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Ryan Feeback "flossaby" (new york, ny) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Freeing the Angry Mind: How Men Can Use Mindfulness and Reason to Save Their Lives and Relationships (Paperback)

For anyone wanting to lower their blood pressure, stop being a jerk, or just get an understanding of why the line at the supermarket angers them more than the fact that the clerk has to deal with customers like them constantly, then this book is for you. It is funny, witty, and deceivingly profound in the way that it examines both the source of anger, and options for overcoming the hold it has over so many lives.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Becoming Free, February 18, 2008

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This review is from: Freeing the Angry Mind: How Men Can Use Mindfulness and Reason to Save Their Lives and Relationships (Paperback)

I work as a licensed mental health therapist and one of the things that I do is teach anger management classes at a hospital. I have been using the "standard text" and I have been getting the idea that it is not reaching people where they live, at a heart level. This book is incredibly good at working with the reader in a compassionate way to deal with anger. This book uses cognitive psychology, Buddhism, mindfulness practice and a sense of humor to help the reader not only open up his mind, but also the heart- so that the real work of letting go of anger and living a compassionate life can begin.

While this book says it is for men, I found as a woman reading it that it held much of value for all humans, and in the places where it specifically addressed the concerns men have- it was, for me, a useful meditation on the experiences men have growing up and living in our culture.

I will definitely be using this book in every class I teach from now on. My highest recommendation. And to Dr. Bankart: Thank you. Through your words and sharing this book you have been my teacher.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great book, October 17, 2011

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This review is from: Freeing the Angry Mind: How Men Can Use Mindfulness and Reason to Save Their Lives and Relationships (Paperback)

One of the best books I have read so far in treating my old, selfish, angry ways.
I do not see myself as "angry", but I found so many helpful ways in improving my outlook on life and strengthening my relationship with my kids and my wife. I wish I read this 15 years ago...